Inside Qianlong Garden: In 2020, Beijing's Forbidden City will open up the Qianlong Garden for the first time.Pictured here: the restored Juanqinzhai (Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service).

The Forbidden City was the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for nearly five centuries. It now welcomes more than 15 million visitors each year, making it one of the world's ...

Many of the largest building blocks of the Forbidden City came from a quarry about 43 miles away from the site. People in China had been using the spoked wheel since about 1500 B.C., ...

Chinese embroidery and intricate wood carvings mark a rich chapter in history. Nov. 13, 2008 — -- Millions of people come to the Forbidden City every year, but what they don't realize is that ...

The 250-year-old retirement digs of an 18th-century Chinese emperor are getting a face-lift. The World Monuments Fund announced Monday that the New York-based architect Annabelle Selldorf and her ...

BEIJING — Beijing’s Forbidden City – traditionally off-limits at night for anyone except emperors, ghosts and visiting dignitaries – was lit up with lanterns and gasps after dark Tuesday ...

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and ...

The Forbidden City, in what is now Beijing, housed China’s emperors for almost 500 years. Several of the massive stones incorporated into its design were extracted from the Dashiwo quarry.

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and ...